Kerala to invoke disaster act if Railways not strict on waste management: MinisterKerala Minister MB Rajesh has threatened to invoke the Disaster Management Act against the Railways if they continue to neglect waste management. This comes after a sanitation worker died after going missing in a canal in Thiruvananthapuram. The state government has held multiple meetings and issued notices to the Railways regarding...
more... waste management but have been repeatedly ignored. The Minister asserted that the Railways are responsible for managing their waste according to the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016 and their own circular. He added that the Railways only started work after a notice warning of prosecution was issued in June. He also requested Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to take proper steps to manage waste.
Kerala ke Minister MB Rajesh ne kaha hai ki agar Railways waste management ke bare mein serious nahi hai, toh state government Disaster Management Act lagaayega. Ye baat Thiruvananthapuram me ek canal me sanitation worker ke laapata hone aur baad me uske marne ke baad aayi hai. State government ne Railways...
more... ke saath kai baar meeting ki hai aur waste management ke baare mein notices bhi diye hain, lekin Railways ke officials ne inhe ignore kiya hai. Minister ne kaha hai ki Solid Waste Management Rules 2016 aur Railways ke apne circular ke mutabiq Railways apne waste ka management karne ke liye zimmedar hai. Unhone yeh bhi kaha ki Railways ne June me prosecution ka notice aane ke baad hi kaam shuru kiya. Unhone Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw se bhi request ki hai ki wo waste management ke liye sahi kadam uthaye.